Decoy duck



Oct. 2 1923.

' .J. K. BAILEY DEGOY DUCK Filed Dec. 26. 1922 fiaile g m wM V I Myinvention decoys foruse in shooting ducks, or other} v According to myinvention II preferably, provide a closed upper air chamber which.

' I gives the necessary buoyance. to the decoy,

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" fApplication filed December 26,11922 }t Serial-ziimi699,964

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-;TBe::itf;=-known: that-I,-aJosr ni-iKnnron BA'innYra citizen of theUnited States, residing'at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans,

I and'State'T of Louisianm h'ave invented certain'new and usefulImprovements in Decoy Ducks, ofwhich the following is a specification; 7Y H relates to improvements in wild fowl, in which, the decoy isanchored iirshallow water, or is placed on mud'flats, or. is zattachedto stakes or'the like;

;-The inventionlrelates to providing a light- 15 hollow decoy which willbe easy to carry from place to place, and yet when placed on the-,waterwill quickly take on water bal last and remain in theupright'position'resembling a'duck or other wild fowl floating onthewater.

when the decoy .is put in" the water, is quick-- I 'filled with water,causing the decoy to assume (the normal position of a duck or water; Myinvention wJll'be more clearly '1111-' I 'derstood after reference totheaccompany -Iing drawings, in which like parts are indicated bysimilar reference symbols through out the several views, and infwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe decoy as f it is first placed in thewater and before the may be'fattached, or preferably made iii-1 tegral'therewith, the head'A' of the decoy and the tail A lower or ballastchamberv B, which may be provided with; suitable perforations, atsuitable places, such as 6, which perforations 1 will permit the inflowof 'w'aterand the egress of air from the ballast chambelgso that whenthe: ballast chamber becomes'filled "or partly filled wrthFwat Ifloatat: the naturalilevel, a d the-upper por- .tionA onIyawillbeseen1llfhislowelgchamber B p. j V Y 'rfiatfalong a portion ofthe:bottom',gas,shownf by; cementin other fowl floatingonthe surface of theexclude water.

Attached to this flotationchamber A is the -0therwater fowl,

While I have shown *Yco sta e atgb in'fFig. 2, so-that tl1'ef'decoy;may;restonits bottom when out-of the w t r; 3,1 01v the" f i i sides I) ofthe chamberlB are preferably l tapered upwards; and terminatefinflflanges 1, b? Which gabut against the flangesa of the and the:boltsfor pins Di' I In order tofanc'hor the decoy or; to attach it toany fixed "object, Iprovide suitable;

fastening means, suchfas' the staple E'shown 5 inFigE 1 and the cord F.-Any'suitableQ fanchor may b'e"provided,f such as a; piece I of brick or:stone,,or even a metal anchor i may be usediif desired or' thecor'd-Fmay be fastened to a-rodor stake forceddownin a thesofti'bottoml of thelake or pond near the blind; V ,The two chambers A; and Bma be made;

with suitable/material, lsuchyas paraflin' to' The perforations ibfi intheiballastehmi b'er'may beloca'ted at any cjo'nvenient,points; i V= oneor more preferably in, the 'bottom' and V 7 others high enough toallowthe escape of air 1 asthe water flows in. V

In use the decoys'are takenito the i or" other place where-the :hunteris located,

put in the water, ,ar'ldfthere secured in place'ig}; i

so as to float freely onl'thef 'surface ofthei' Water; The "water will"quickly flow yin Q through the perforations b", causing the ball- 1:last chamber to blecomefilled or partly-filled J with'water. .Theresultwillbe that theflotation chamber will keep the upper port-ion of; p thedecoy above the'water, thus providing g V a suitable floating decoy.When 'thesports- :man is th-rough,;fhe' picks. up his decoys,

drains the water out of theballast chamber, 5- I 3 and carriesthe decoysaway.

7 Obviouslyfthe upperportion of the decoy Y should be' painted torepresent a ducki orat decoy:will"? 7 W 80 1 of any convenient material,'such aspapier p mz'ich, orjthinjjtinned steel, laluminum, gor I Qthelike,.and the @two parts maybe attached togetherin' anyconvenientwayi I prefera ablymakethe deco-y-ofpapier inach, treated1' theinventioniin jthe'iIlO preferred term; it will be-ebx ions that veri- 011s modifieatins might be made in the construction, combination andjarrangement of parts which pould be used; without depart- 7 p fowl,ccmpri'sing an, upper". Iclosedi hollow mg from thespirit efimyinvent-ion; and I do not meanto'limit the invention to such 7 theclaims.

. details except'as particularly pointed out in- Having thusdescriberlmy invention what I claim' and desire to secure by Letters fPatent .of-the United-States is l fowl comprising an npper closed hollowfie};

tation chamber made in 'imitationioftheup -1. A; decoy "fer use inattracting" water ballast chamber secured.thereto ,;and provided.withperforations adapted we permit the influx of water and the escapeof air.

2A decoy for use inettractingwvater flotation chamber made in imitationof the upper portion of the water fowl, and a lower. ballast-chamberprovided with perforations adapted to permit thev influx .of water andthe escape of air,' said upper and lower chambers being provided withlaterally dis-- posed flanges se ured tOgether andjf rming a completedecoy. 1

